The Weeknd reigns atop of this week’s Billboard 200 with his fourth studio album ‘After Hours.’
Preceded by hits ‘Heartless’ (a #1) and ‘Blinding Lights,’ the set had long been touted as one of the year’s most anticipated.
And it’s delivered in a big way.
Details on its huge debut after the jump…
With the numbers counted and verified, the set premieres at #1 on the Billboard 200 with a colossal first week figure of:
440,000
[Sales Plus Streaming]
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Of the sum, 275,000 were traditional album sales (helped in earnest by a tour ticket bundle). While roughly 170,000 units were amassed from streaming.
The project’s streaming impact (220.7 million total streams of individual tracks) notably meant that ‘After Hours’ would have been #1 even if it never “sold” a single copy! A fact that’s no doubt indicative of changing times.
In rocketing into pole position, it pushes last week’s winner Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Eternal Atake’ to #2 (with a still impressive 115k tallied).
Congrats!
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Yassss Abel!
Dope album
@Only Facts and @Andrew, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaas ? ???
Congrats man, great album.
✅ ? New music at midnight too ? Abel spoiling us and we love to see it! ??
Yeees this is how you get over your ex’s
Niiiice Congrats. King S***.
According to a pyscho fan, The “Queen of Spotify” did 81 K SPS first week (Camicky)
The jokes write themselves ?
Psycho*
“Camicky! SQUAWK SQUAWK! Camicky!” ?
Queen abelina
Congratulations
He is probably gonna block dulah peep from debuting at number one next week.
Future nostalgia hasnt still hit number one on the US iTunes charts.
Stuck at number 2.
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REMEMBER C******* DID 81 SPS AND IS ONLY RELEVANT ON SPOTIFY. CANT SELL TOURS OR ALBUMS.
Remember that normani has NEVER EVER seen the inside of the billboard 200.
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The EP she did with Calvin Harris didn’t chart
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A 2 Track EP is not eligible to chart on Billboard 200
Kill yourself ?
Your IQ is low and you know NOTHING about the music business.
It didnt chart.
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Not on iTunes
Not on apple music
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lmaoooooo but NOmance flopped off the charts faster than her solo singles did tho lmfaoooooooooooooooooooo
Normani has never seen the inside of the billboard 200 album charts EVER in her life
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March is over, the w***** hasn’t appeared on the billboard hot 100 since November 2019.
I am getting worried for her.
She hasn’t released anything since then either.
You should worry about something else.?
GIRL TELL HER AGAIN. SHE KEEP ASKIN BOUT NORMANI WHEN SHE HASNT RELEASED SINCE LAST YEAR LIKE WTF
Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100: #16(new) Diamonds, @theestallion & @Normani.
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Stupid clowns both of yall.
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Now hold the L
lmaoooooo she using all this energy on normani who hasnt released an album, instead of helping camiltoe’s FLOPPEDT album sell some copies or make an impact, i have to laugh out loud lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooo
this episode made me realize why normani doesn’t pop like everyone thinks she should. she has like…no personality… #DragRace
Sorry but @Normani had no personality drag race boos #RuPaulDragRace
I cannot bring myself to stan for Normani. She has good music but she seems to be missing a personality.. her being a guest judge on #DragRace proved it cause I forgot she was there ???♀️
Normani is so boring…
#DragRace
Normani was sooooooo boring in this week’s episode of Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Wow. Comes across so bland.
i don’t mean to be hyperbolic, but i think it’s safe to say normani was the most boring, flat drag race judge in recent memory. this y’all new messiah?
Normani was a boring guest judge
Love her but Normani was boring as s*** on drag race
lmaoooooooo sis why didnt you use all this essay energy to keep camiltoe’s tour from flopping and getting canceled? lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I love Normani but that the most boring judging I’ve ever seen like girl I fr forgot she was there on multiple occasions
normani is so boring and dry as a judge on “drag race.” ?
Also Normani is boring and should never return. I actually forgot she was there #DragRace
Sorry for this, but Normani was boring as guest judge on #rpdr
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Normani = zero personality
lmaoooooo gurl you need to take all this energy and try to find NOmance on the charts lmfaoooooooooooooooo
Haven’t listened to the full album yet. Definitely will this week ?
It’s ? chile lol…and new songs tonight!